HOT 10 COMICS

1 Die! Die! Die! #1

WRITER: Robert KirkmanARTIST: Chris Burnham
Bravo Mr. Kirkman! You pulled it off, and people LOVE it! Some of the covers are selling in the $4-5 range, but the ‘I'm Drunk' and ‘No Word Bubbles' variants are selling the best in the $10-20 range. I honestly just appreciate the fact that people did not get to spoil this.

2 Youngblood #2

WRITER: Rob LiefeldARTIST: Rob Liefeld
The comic world has gone 90's mad recently. This is just another example. Liefeld says that Prophet was optioned and now people want this ridiculously overprinted book again. Like $10-15 for a NM copy. Insanity I say.

3 Spider-Man Noir #1

WRITER: David HineARTIST: Carmine Di Giandomenico
Yowza! Ungraded copies are now at $60+ and a 9.8 just sold for $425 which, by the way, is almost 3 times higher than the previous all time high!

4 Titans (Vol. 3) #23 Brandon Peterson 1:25 B/W Variant

WRITER: Dan AbnettARTIST: Brandon Peterson
Despite Crush not making it into this issue, and it being a usually avoided B/W variant, sales are hitting $50.

5 Suicide Squad #23

WRITER: John OstranderARTIST: Luke McDonnell
Birds of Prey movie news has once again brought life back into this book. You should have bought it several months ago, but now you will have to pony up $25 for a raw copy and $100 for a 9.8.

6 Batgirl (Vol. 5) #20 Joshua Middleton Variant

WRITER: Hope LarsonARTIST: Sami Basri
Clearly riding the coattails of #23, this one is now a $20 book as well. Snow can make a cover look pretty cool I will admit.

7 Amazing Spider-Man #361

WRITER: David MichelinieARTIST: Mark Bagley
High grade raws are not easy to find anymore as they mostly have been graded at this point. If you find one, expect to pay 3 figures. 9.8's are setting all time highs near $500. Hey, if #300 can be a $2000 book, why can't this at least get to half that?

8 Ms. Marvel (Vol. 4) #31 Stephanie Hans ‘Virgin' Variant

WRITER: G. Willow WilsonARTIST: Nico Leon
I was definitely one who thought this was unnecessary and possibly a dumb idea…but beautiful covers win out most of the time–which is the case here. Raws are selling for $80+.

9 Zinnober #2

WRITER: Thorsten BrochhausARTIST: Ralf Singh
I saw a single copy sitting on the shelf and left it (dumb move). This is virtually non-existent on eBay and it is showing in the $20-25 sales for it on the aftermarket.

10 Death of the Inhumans #1 Kaare Andrews 1:10 Variant

WRITER: Donny CatesARTIST: Ariel Olivetti
Not sure why this design variant (which most people generally ignore) is selling for more than the 1:25 Hildebrandt variant at $25-30. I guess it is strictly because of Vox.

Batman Incorporated #8 Scott Clark 1:25 Variant

WRITER: Grant MorrisonARTIST: Scott Clark
In my opinion, this is one of the really good Batman variants. Not easy to find at all and it shows in the current $50 price tag.

Venus #9

WRITER: VariousARTIST: Werner Roth & Mike Sekowsky
Ahhh…everyone is fighting over Venus! Looks like bidders were too as a 7.5 just sold for $1500. The last graded copy that sold was a 9.0 for $1000.

People are confused by the Titans books. There are TWO Titans books, and it’s Teen Titans that has Crush in it. That full appearance issue hasn’t been released yet. Crush has nothing to do with this week’s Titans.

Nice list Ben! I hard passed on Die Die Die. I generally have a rule, if it has more then 4 covers then it’s dead spec. It’s crazy to see how many copies are selling. People want what they want. It also hurts my soul to see Youngblood 2 sell for $15. Lol.